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Patented M21222, 1910.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1909.

M. M. & L. S. MUNGER.

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MAUDE M. MUNGER AND LEROY S. MUN GER, OF OBERLIN, KANSAS.

CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MA'UDE M. MUNGER and LEROY S. MUNGER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Oberlin, in the county of Decatur andState of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCabinets, of which the following is a. specification.

Our invention relates to a new and improved article of furniture whichmay be employed as a music cabinet or as a vertical filing cabinet.

The invention may be constructed as an independent piece of furniture,or it may be embodied in a piano, and it embraces a pivotally-mountedreceptacle and novel means for opening and closing the same.

Other features of the invention will hereinafter appear, and in orderthat said invention may be fully understood, reference will now be madeto the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of our cabinet. Fig. 2 is anirregular vertical section on line II-II of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection on line III-III of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on lineIV-IV of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the upper portion ofthe cabinet showing the reverse side to that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 isan enlarged vertical section on line VIVI of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is anenlarged side elevation of the mechanism for opening and closing thereceptacle. Figs. 8 and 9 invention.

In carrying out the invention we employ a case 1, in which a receptacle2 is pivotallymounted upon a pintle 3 carried in an endplate 4 and oneside of the case 1. Receptacle 2 is divided into two compartments by avertical partition 5 and each compartment is provided with apivotally-mounted follower 6 for holding the sheet-music or othercontents of the compartments in a vertical position. The upper free endsof the followers are pressed against the sides of the compartments whenthe receptacle is closed by springs 7 one of which is secured to thepartition, while the other is secured to one side of the receptacle.

Each follower 6 has a stud S projecting from one side thereof through asegmental slot 9 in the adjacent side of the receptacle. Studs 8 extendover the curved edges 10 of a plate 11 secured to the adjacent side ofthe case. The curved edges 10 are eccentric to the pivotal points of thefollowers, so that when the receptacle is opened to the dotted positionshown in Fig. 5, studs 8 will on gage said curved edges and swing thefollowers backward against the action of springs 7, and out ofengagement with the sheet-music in the compartments. The sheet-music maythen be readily removed.

The central bottom portion of receptacle 2 is provided with an arm 12engaged by the crank portion 13 of a shaft 14, journaled in plate 4 andthe opposite end of case 1. Shaft 14 is provided at one end witha fixedsegmental gear 15 engaged by a large mutilated gear 16, mounted upon astub-shaft 17 provided at its outer terminal with a circular head 18 toprevent a pitman, hereinafter described, from rubbing against theadjacent side of gear 16. Gear 16 is provided at its outer side with aloop 19 through which the pitman 20 extends. Said pitman is provided atits upper end with an arrow-head 21, the shoulders 22 and 23 of whichare alternately thrown into engagement with the adjacent ends of loop 19by a pair of shifting-springs 24 and 25 carried by the iirrow-head 21,and extending through the The lower end of pitman 20 ispivotallyconnected to a compound foot-lever, comprising a section 26pivotally-connected to the pitman by a pin 27, and a section 28fulcrumed upon a pin 29 and, having a pm-and-slot connection 30 withsection 26. Pins 27 and 2.) are carried by lugs 31 and 32, respectively,at the lower portion of case 1. The free end of the compound fOOt-lQVGl.is normally held in a raised position by a retractile spring 33connected to section 28 and to plate 4.

In order to open the receptacle to the dotted position, Fig. 2, one footis placed upon the free end of foot-lever 28 to depress the compoundlever against the action of spring 33. I11 moving downward, saidcompound lever will draw the pitman 20 downward, and as shoulder 22engages the adjacent end of loop 19, it will through the intermediacy ofshoulder 23, turn gear 16, which, through the intermediacy of gear 15turns shaft 14 and raises the crank 13 thereof, causing said crank topush upward on the bottom of the receptacle and tip the same to thedotted position. The foot-lever is now released so that it may berestored to normal by spring 38. In moving upward, section 26 will pushthe pitman upward, and cause spring 24,-. to engage its respective endof the loop and shift the pitman laterally until its shoulder 93 engagesits respective end of the loop. The receptacle may now be closed byagain depressing the foot-lever, which in turn will draw the pitmandownward and cause gear 16 to turn backward to its normal position. Thebackward movement of gear 16 will, through the intermediacy of gear 15,turn shaft 15 and cause its crank portion 13 to bear downward upon arm12 and restore the receptacle to a closed position. 011 again releasingthe foot-lever spring 33 will, through the intermediacy of said lever,carry pitman 2O upward until spring engages the adjacent end of loop 19and shifts the pitman laterally until its shoulder 22 engages itsrespective end of the loop, as shown in full lines, Fig. 2.

In the modified form, shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the piano 1 takes theplace of case 1, or case 1 may be retained and set in the space betweenthe movable fall-board 3 1 and the strings of the piano. In eitherconstruction, the front side 2 of the receptacle is arranged flush withthe fall-board 3 1 and the compound foot-lever 28 is arranged adjacentto the pedals 35 of the piano, so that a person may gain access to thecontents of the receptacle without leaving his position at the piano.lVhen considerable capacity is desired, the receptacle and itsactuatingmechanism may be duplicated, in which event the receptacles arearranged as shown in Fig. 7 with the foot-levers arranged at theopposite sides of the pedals The receptacles may be removed with thefall-board so that access may be had to the strings of the piano.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. A cabinetconsisting of a receptacle, a case containing the same, a followerpivotally-moilnted in said rece 'itacle, means for holding the free endof said follower against one side of the receptacle when. the same isclosed, and means for automatically swinging the follower out of contactwith the side of the receptacle when the latter is opened.

2. A cabinet consisting of a receptacle, a partition dividing saidreceptacle into a plurality of compartments, followers pivotallymountedin said compartments, springs for holding the free ends of saidfollowers against the sides of the compartments when the receptacle isclosed, and means for automatically swinging the followers out ofcontact with the sides of the compartments when the receptacle isopened.

3. A cabinet consisting of a receptacle, a case in which said receptacleis pivotallymounted, a follower pivotally-mounted in said receptacle,yielding means for holding the free end of said follower against oneside of the receptacle when the same is closed, means adjacent thereceptacle having a curved edge eccentric to the pivotal point of saidreceptacle, and means on the follower for engaging said curved edge tothrow the follower out of engagement with the side of the receptaclewhen the latter is opened.

41. A cabinet consisting of a receptacle, a case in which saidreceptacle is pivotallymounted, a partition dividing said receptacleinto compartments, followers pivotally mounted in said compartments andwhich engage the sides of said compartments when the receptacle isclosed, means adjacent the receptacle having curved edges eccentric tothe pivotal points of the followers, and studs projecting from thefollowers adapted to engage the curved edges and throw the followers outof engagement with the sides of the compartments when the receptacle isopened.

5. A cabinet consisting of a case, a receptacle pivotally-mounted insaid case, means including a pitman adjacent the receptacle to open andclose the same, a compound footlever for actuating said pitman, and aspring attached to the, case and said foot-lever to restore the same tonormal.

6. A cabinet consisting of a case, a receptacle pivotally-mounted insaid case, a crank-shaft mounted in the case and adapted to engage thereceptacle to open and close the same, and lever-controlled means foractuating said crank-shaft.

7. A cabinet consisting of a case, a receptacle pivotally-mounted insaid case, means adjacent the receptacle to open and close the same,gearing for actuating said means, a compound lever, and means connectingsaid lever to the gearing whereby the latter is actuated by the former.

8. A cabinet consisting of a case, a receptacle pivotally-mounted insaid case, an arm secured to the bottom of said receptacle, acrank-shaft having its crank portion between said arm and the bottom ofthe receptacle, and footcontrolled mechanism for actuating saidcrank-shaft.

9. A cabinet consisting of a case, a receptacle pivotally-mounted insaid case, means adjacent the receptacle to open and close the same, apitman for actuating said means, and a compound lever for actuating saidpitman.

10. A cabinet consisting of a case, a receptacle pivotally-mounted insaid case, means adjacent the receptacle to open and close the same,said means including a loop, a pitman for actuating said means providedwith oppositely-disposed shoulders, shifting means for throwing theshoulders of the pitman into engagement with the and foot-controlledsaid pitman.

11. A cabinet consisting of a case, a receptacle piVotally-mounted insaid case, an arm secured to the bottom of the receptacle, a crank-shaftmounted in the case and having its crank portion arranged between thearm and the bottom of the receptacle, a segmental gear fixed to one endof said crankshaft, a mutilated gear for actuating the segmental gear, aloop carried by the mutilated gear, a pitman extending through said loopand provided With oppositely-disposed means for actuating ends of theloop,

shoulders, shifting springs carried by the pitman for throwing theshoulders of the latter into engagement With the ends of the loop, afoot-lever for actuating said pitman, and resilient means for restoringsaid lever to normal position.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

MAUDE M. MUNGER. LEROY S. MUNGER.

WVit-nesses H. O. DoUGLAs, CLARK BUsI-I.

